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agree with everything said already. i switched over to cbs sports a few years back. cbs analysts use numbers in their analysis. espn is just bloviating left wing narrative. i was up and down on pollack, but he's way better than desmond howard. and mcafee is a clown. just another franchise disney has destroyed: marvel universe; star wars; indiana jones ... espn.
Best of luck in your future Mr. Pollack, a **** fine DAWG. espn lost their best 2 reporters within the last 2 years. 1st was Maria Taylor leaving (very wise decision), and now Pollack being " laid off".. But they keep clowns like McAfee, Herbsteit, and several more on the payroll. I rarely watched game day, because of lee corso, and his sideshow crew of Michigan homer desmond howard, and the Ohio bucknut kirk herbstreit. I will only watch espn now if the DAWGS are playing on the Entire Sports Politics Network..
"Cost Cutting Measures"....my shiny ass!
He was fired for challenging Saint Nick in front of a live television audience...and, embarrassing him...and the producer & network, that talked him into sitting in. It was brought up on Finebaum earlier today...then, BAM...Pollack's gone, tonight.
%$#@ ESPN with a set of old baseball spikes. I swear, I hate that "woke-ass, corrupt, CNN wannabe" network, with a passion. Stephen A Smith oughta leave, too.
David...you are far better off. Now, you can speak your mind about football, women's right to compete with women, in sports and anything else that might be on your mind...without fear of being censored.
You could start your own "Twitter Cast". Elon Musk is looking at doing some interesting things with Twitter that could wind up going head-to-head with the likes of CNN, ESPN and other former Ted Turner creations. He IS our modern day Ted Turner...IMO.
Or...."Coach Pollack" don't sound bad either. Lol
Read this after posting on more recent article about Pollack by Connor. I wonder if CBS could set up something similar to College GameDay? I'll bet there's enough audience they could split off of GameDay to justify the expense, and every week there are at least a few other genuinely marquee games they could cover. There are, for goodness sake, lots of folks who are tired of where ESPN and Disney are going, especially with respect to CFB...
Since the old man died...Disney has gradually drifted away from it's original mission statement and values. Today...their moral compass is "broke"...and, they've gone "woke". Exactly the kind of crap, you don't want your kids exposed to. You can't "Trust" them with your kids, the way you used to.
My Uncle helped build the Orlando Park and I was one of the 1st guests to go in with my family, when they opened. We went in with bag of ticket books, which is how they did it at the time. Lol...we had all the "E-Tickets" we could possibly use in a month. The most interesting "rides" open at the time, were Country Bear Jamboree, Jungle Cruise and Pitates of the Caribbean. Lol
When Disney banned "Song of the South" in the USA, but, it remained available overseas...I knew where they were headed. Looks like they arrived. I haven't been to a Disney Park in 20 years. But, if I were to go back...EPCOT during the "Food & Wine Festival" was my favorite. But, from what I hear...they're trying to do some things to ruin that, too.
Anyway....firing Pollack, of all people...is telling. IMO...They used "the drawdown" to camouflage their true agenda. Somebody had an axe to grind with David...wonder who.
ESPN is backing Bama and OSU. They have for decades. However, Bama and OSU are now, losing horses. They think that's gonna change...you can tell in their commentary...and now, in their actions. UGA's gonna leave em in the dust.
Sad day for 🏈 & CGD fans. Mickey, Donald, Goofy, & Dopey must be making all the decisions. Kirk looked lost & uninspired last season without Lee C & either embarrassed or disgusted at times with Pat Mac. I was already channel surfing when DH, PM, & RD would get air time. Now without a real analyst other than KH on the show, I’m not going to waste 3 hours on Sat mornings just to see Coach stick on a mascot head & do his Queen wave. Sadly that will be the only entertaining segment left.
Definitely a step backward for ESPN and Gameday. #47 always seemed prepared, thoughtful, analytical and professional, much moreso than some who are clearly “personalities” first and quality commentators/analysts last, if at all. @Betheredge is right about KH seeming annoyed a good bit of the time with the show last year. The website is so full of drivel now, and it looks like Saturday mornings are destined to be too. Things change and tastes differ, but to me, Disney is absolutely killing ESPN.
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"because of lee corso, and his sideshow crew of Michigan homer desmond howard, and the Ohio bucknut kirk herbstreit"
Lee Corso-what a clown show
Desmond Howard-has he ever picked UGA?
Herbstreet- the least offensive to me but still an Ohio St homer.
Walt Disney has got to be doing light speed rotations in his grave. Is Elle Duncan still left as an avid Dawg fan?
Let’s see, who would any football fan prefer to listen to, David Pollack or Pat McAfee? What are the folks at ESPN smoking? Pollack actually analyses things. I’m not even sure what to call what McAfee does, but it ain’t pretty or helpful.
Pollack was the only upper tier football analyst they had with any credibility in the SEC. The rest are B1G analysts. If I was running the show I would have gotten rid of Desmond and retired Corso for good. I would have replaced Kirb Herbstreit with David and brought in some younger fellas and maybe an attractive lady who knows her football. I thought David should be leading the whole show since the contract is with the SEC.
My analysis of Game Day is something akin to the following:
Kirk - past his prime and a B1G homer and OSU homer
Des - another B1G homer and pretty bad analyst
Bear - good analyst - bolted for Fox
Maria - good analyst - bolted
Corso - needs to retire. Great guy, great past. Not a southern football guy. More of a traditional power analyst Notre Dame, USC, etc.
David - best most professional college analyst they had, SEC guy.
McAfee - not an upper tier analyst. Comes across as white trash. Occassionally entertaining but you can only listen to him for about 2 minutes and his takes are over the top many times. He likes to play the hey I'm funny because you are **** takes on the set with the other guys. I don't think that is going to go over well. Now that Pollack is gone if he tries that on Kirk or Des they are going to turn on him quickly.
I really thought Gameday was grooming David to take over for Herbstreit who seems to have lost a step. Oh well all good things must come to an end. Maybe he can start his own thing with some others. Just a shame. Another thing I will be doing less of now. This should give me time to workout more on Saturday mornings which I need to do anyways.
I am not looking forward to more prattling by Pat McAfee. The same guy that did a promo for Natty Light.
How does the word d u m b get asterisks? Really...
I keep thinking that ESPN simply misspelled Desmond Howard.....